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impact on Hillingdon

London’s largest airport, Heathrow, opened in 1946 in the south of the borough and has undergone successive expansions and alterations. It provides the main source of employment for the area’s predominantly blue-collar population. The borough is well connected to central London via motorway and rail and Underground (subway)…

passenger volume

state of Georgia to London Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom to Beijing Capital International Airport in China, each handle more than 50 million. The Memphis (Tennessee) International Airport, the home airport of the FedEx Corporation’s cargo service, and the Hong Kong International Airport are the world’s largest cargo shippers,…

terminal

The passenger terminal at Heathrow Airport near London, for example, was designed to a very high standard of space and decor to attract just this type of passenger. Scheduled and charter passengers, meanwhile, tend to have very different needs in the terminal, especially at check-in and in the provision…